Allen-Bradley controllogix 1756-L63, User Manual

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Publication 1756-UM001E-EN-P - August 2002
7-4 Communicate with an RSView Project over an EtherNet/IP Network
Create a Polled Topic
A. Display RSLinx software.
B. From the DDE/OPC menu, select Topic Configuration …
C. In the bottom left corner of the window, click New .
D. Type a name for the topic and press the Enter key.
E. On the
Data Source
tab, expand the
AB_ETH-x
driver until you
see the ControlLogix controller.
F. Select the ControlLogix controller.
G. Choose Apply and confirm the update.
H. Click the Data Collection tab.
TIP
RSLogix 5000 software, revision 10.0 or later,
automatically creates DDE/OPC topics in RSLinx
software whenever you:
•
create a project
•
save a project
•
change the revision of a project to 10.0 or later
In some cases, you have to update the data source
for the topic in RSLinx software, as shown in
steps E - G of this section.
To expand a network one level, do one
of the following:
•
Double-click the network.
•
Select the network and press
the
→
key.
•
Click the + sign.
Data Source
Workstation
AB_ETH-x, Ethernet
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+
Data Source
Workstation
AB_ETH-x, Ethernet
xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx, 1756-ENBx
Backplane, 1756-Ax
xx, 1756-Lx
−
−
−
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+